299 of this B0-Bo type were built between April 1950 and February 1963. Prime mover was a FM 38D-8 1/8 rated at 1,600 hp. Baltimore & Ohio unit 6708 was seen at Camden Station in Baltimore, Maryland, on 15 August 1964. (Fred M. Springer/Center for Railroad Photography and Art)
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Fairbanks Morse H16-44
299 of this B0-Bo type were built between April 1950 and February 1963. Prime mover was a FM 38D-8 1/8 rated at 1,600 hp. Baltimore & Ohio unit 6708 was seen at Camden Station in Baltimore, Maryland, on 15 August 1964. (Fred M. Springer/Center for Railroad Photography and Art)
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
triple-steam-headed Canadian freight train
Thames, London, vessels in 1943
This was, of course, in the middle of WWII and is said to be an original color view, not a colorized b/w pic.
Monday, September 16, 2024
super big oil tanker 'Genmar Victory'
Genmar Victory has one of the largest widths among oil tankers with a beam of 70 meters. It is a crude oil tanker built in June 2001 by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. in Ulsan, South Korea. It is 333.50 meters in length, 70 meters in width, with a depth of 25.60 meters, and a draft of 19 meters. The vessel has a deadweight tonnage (DWT) of 312,638 tons and a gross tonnage (GT) of 163,761 tons. It is powered by two MAN-B&W 7S60MC-C MkVII engines, providing a combined power of 32,063 kW, enabling a service speed of 14 knots.
Dhaka buses, Bangladesh
This has to be the world's most polluted as well as congested city and this scene is mild compared to some that cen be seen on travel vlogs. Travelling "roof class" is common on Bangladesh trains and it occurs on buses too.
Auckland tram at Three Lamps, Ponsonby circa 1910
The post holding three lamps is still there. Present day view
See earlier posts and our books for more.
Sunday, September 15, 2024
Illinois Central 4-8-2
King George V dock in the 1950s-60s art
by Jim Rae. There's more than one King George V dock in the UK, but it's probably the one in London.
Saturday, September 14, 2024
on the Transandino electrified summit section railway, Chile
Aberdeen and Rockfish one-time EMD fleet chart
Friday, September 13, 2024
Geneva International Airport 10th anniversary poster, Switzerland 1958
a pair of NZR Ka class 4-8-4's at the Paekakariki engine shed in steam days
The steam era ended on NZR in the North Island in 1967 but this precinct is a home now to the Steam Inc. heritage operation and there are regular steam hauled excursions around the lower North Island lines from there.For lots more, see the book New Zealand 1950s Steam in colour compiled rom the Derek Cross collection.
Canadian Pacific class T1a 2-10-4 type art
CP class T1a 2-10-4 'Selkirk' No. 5900, circa 1950s, with Castle Mountain in the background by Max Jacquiard.
Data on SteamLocomotive.com
Inca station on the Transandino railway, Chile
At km post 159 and at 2,700 meters altitude. Obviously it was on the rack and pinion section. Not so obvious is which was the station building; presumably the one on the left. No date, but probably just after completion, see earlier posts.
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
full size theme park replica of the 'Titanic'
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Monday, September 9, 2024
Switzerland's first water-toboggan on Lac LĂ©man, 1927
terminus of the St Charles streetcar line in New Orleans
With a little model. Although most of the line is along St Charles Avenue, some is in S. Carrollton. Traveling along it is a cheap way of seeing the grand old garden surrounded houses. (Geoff Churchman pic)
electric railcar on the Biasca-Acquarossa railway, Ticino, Switzerland, 1973
This was the year the meter-gauge 13.8 km line was closed and replaced with a bus service. It had been in service since 1911.
traffic in Friedrichstrasse, Berlin, 1935
At the corner with Leipziger Stasse, looking north. The area was rebuilt in plain modernist style after extensive bomb damage in WW2.
It looks like an Opel Blitz pickup in the center.
Sunday, September 8, 2024
Canadian Pacific steam crossing CGI
A pair of 4-8-4's built in 1928 with road numbers 3100 and 3101.
Detailed info on steamlocomotive.com with photos is here
'Gas Pump Girls' (1979) opening scene
The movie can be watched free here: Gas Pump Girls : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive